Business
| Name | Class | Major | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Allison | 1971 | Business Administration | Chairman, BB&T Corporation/Branch Banking & Trust Co |
| Max C. Chapman | 1966 | Economics | Former president and CEO of Kidder, Peabody & Co |
| Warren Grice Elliott | 1867 | President of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | |
| David Gardner | 1988 | English | Co-founder of The Motley Fool |
| Peaches Golding | 1976 | Biology | High Sheriff of Bristol, England, 2010-11 |
| Bowman Gray, Sr. | 1890 | Did not graduate | Former President and Chairman of R.J. Reynolds |
| William B. Harrison, Jr. | 1966 | Economics | Former CEO and Chairman of JPMorgan Chase |
| George Watts Hill | 1922 / Grad. | Commerce / Law | Banker and philanthropist |
| John Sprunt Hill | 1889 | Philosophy | Banker and philanthropist |
| Walter E. Hussman, Jr. | 1969 | Journalism | Publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock |
| Richard "Dick" Jenrette | 1951 | Founder of the Wall Street firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Chairman and CEO of world insurance leader The Equitable from 1990 to 1996 | |
| William Johnson | Grad. | Law | President and CEO of Progress Energy |
| Paul Kolton | 1944 | Journalism | Chairman of the American Stock Exchange. |
| Sallie Krawcheck | 1987 | Journalism | Chairman and CEO of Citigroup Global Wealth Management and former CFO of Citigroup Inc. |
| Jason Kilar | 1993 | Journalism and Business Administration | CEO of Hulu |
| Howard R. Levine | 1981 | Business Administration | Chairman of the board and CEO of Family Dollar |
| Scott Livengood | 1974 | Industrial relations | Owner and CEO of Dewey's Bakers and former CEO of Krispy Kreme |
| Hugh McColl | 1957 | Business administration | Former CEO of Bank of America |
| John Medlin | 1956 | Business administration | Former CEO of Wachovia |
| Allen B. Morgan, Jr. | 1965 | History | Founder and former CEO of Morgan Keegan & Company |
| Mercer "Merce" Reynolds III | 1967 | Business administration | Finance chair of U.S. President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign and a U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein |
| Julian Robertson | 1955 | Business administration | Founded the investment firm Tiger Management Corp. |
| Bill Ruger | 1940 | Did not graduate | Founded firearms manufacturer Sturm, Ruger |
| Pete Rummell | 1967 | Chemistry/English literature | Former Chairman and CEO of Walt Disney Imagineering and St. Joe Company |
| Marcus G. Smith | Did not graduate | Journalism | President and COO of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. |
| Ken Thompson | 1973 | American studies | Former Chairman and CEO of Wachovia |
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